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TOBACCO
Definition of TOBACCO
noun
Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOBACCO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOBACCO starts with T and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABCCOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TOBACC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOBACCO?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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